Cut Shot

Jack Austin Mystery #1

by John R. Corrigan

In the writing style of the great Raymond Chandler comes this tense 1940s thriller set under the bright lights of today's PGA Tour. - For Jack Austin, life on Tour is great. He still believes in what the game stands for: honesty and integrity. At a tournament in Arizona, however, a rookie pro reveals to Jack that a mafia-run gambling ring has invaded the Tour--and the young man is in the middle of it. The golfer is being mysteriously blackmailed and Jack is forced to enter the underworld to protect his fiancee, solve a murder, and save the game he loves.

213 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2001

About the author

John R. Corrigan worked as a newspaper reporter for two years and earned a master's of fine arts degree in creative writing from the University of Texas at El Paso. Corrigan is a member of the Mystery Writers of America. He currently lives and teaches full-time at a boarding school in Gill, Massachusetts.

Also writes under the pseudonyms D.A. Keeley and K.A. Delaney

Reviews

[Ted Blackwell]

bad language

Not a bad story but the language is very bad and unnecessary to tell the story. This will be my last book by this author.

[Conan Tigard]

I love a character who has passion...and Jack Austin has a lot of passion. Even though the mob has hired a hitman to kill him, Jack's only real concern is that the PGA name is not tarnished. John R. Corrigan does a wonderful job or portraying life in the PGA in the first Jack Austin mystery, Cut Shot.

Although I have never played golf, except on a gaming console, I have always been intrigued with the game. You do not have to be a huge fan of golf to enjoy this book. The tempo of the story is excellently paced and the characters are well-developed. Cut Shot is a highly enjoyable first story by John R. Corrigan and not to be missed.

Overall, I quite enjoyed reading about Jack Austin taking on the mob to save a game he loves. I look forward to seeing what Jack Austin will come up with in his next story, Snap Hook.

I rated this book an 8 out of 10.

[Joe O'Connor]

Very Good; Continuing character: Jack Austin (first in series); pro golfer is caught in between rival mobsters while trying to protect the integrity of golf and his TV reporter girl friend